Yaupon Holly

Serves as a larval host plant primarily for the Henry's Elfin butterfly (Callophrys henrici) and the Holly Azure butterfly.

Native from southern Virginia south to Florida and west to southeast Oklahoma and central Texas, Yaupon is a picturesque, upright, single- or multi-trunked shrub or small tree, growing 12-45 ft high but usually no higher than 25 ft. Female plants produce prodigious amounts of bright red, persistent berries. The leaves are dark green and small, usually less than 1 1/2 in. long. The pale gray bark is marked with white patches. (From wildflower.org)